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-Symposion
-a conference management solution from Eldarion
+#Symposion#
+
+A conference management solution from Eldarion.
 
 Built with the generous support of the Python Software Foundation.
 
 See http://eldarion.com/symposion/ for commercial support, customization and hosting
+
+##Instructions##
+
+	git clone https://github.com/OAhack/symposion.git
+	virtualenv env
+	source env/bin/activate
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
+	python manage.py syncdb
+ 	python manage.py runserver
+
+###Load Default (Fixture) Data###
+	python manage.py loaddata
+
+The site won't work until you create an entry for 'conference' in admin panel available at /admin/ (admin login is email, password.  Not user, password). 
+